Five things you can do in Mahara you might not have known about
December 16, 2023
🎄🌟 Today, on the 16th of December, a special shout-out to Claire Storr, our Learning Technology Consultant for Placements! Thanks for authoring this blog post and sharing your Mahara expertise with us all 🎅🎁 As 2023 comes to an end, it is time to celebrate the ePortfolio platform: Mahara. In the past year, there has …
Moodle Gradebook tips
December 15, 2023
A festive shout-out to Alvaro Roberts, our Senior Learning Technology Consultant, for writing today’s advent calendar post! Alvaro shares three great tips when using the Gradebook in Moodle. 🎄🌟 As teaching comes to an end for 2023, there may be assignments to mark before the next semester begins. This post touches lightly on the Moodle …
A Christmas Cryptic Crossword
December 14, 2023
Today, we’re delighted to present an absolute Christmas cracker, thanks to Jon Lewis, our Learning Systems Test Lead, who has created a Christmas cryptic crossword. 🎅 🖨️ Just print off the crossword and clues to enjoy at your leisure, or view below. 📅 Answers and explanations will be revealed next week, so pop back to …
An Introduction to AI for Higher Education
December 13, 2023
In this post, John Horton, Learning Technology Senior Project Manager (Pedagogies), reflects on the development of AI and how it might impact higher education at the University of Nottingham and the wider sector. “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) – more specifically, generative AI – is arguably the biggest computational development to hit the general public for many …
A H5P Gift to You
December 12, 2023
A festive shout-out to Claire Storr for today’s advent contribution! Claire, our Placements Learning Technology Consultant, brings a touch of holiday magic by sharing her expertise in H5P. 🎄✨ Did you know that you can build small eLearning activities in Moodle with H5P? If not, now is the time to find out more. H5P allows …
An Introduction to Exams in ExamSys
December 11, 2023
ExamSys is the Online assessment for informal formative self-assessment quizzes to formal summative exams at the University of Nottingham. Below we have included an overview of the features of ExamSys and how you can use it to run assessments for your students. What you can do in ExamSys: Assessment papers can be created using any …
New Features Coming Soon in Xerte
December 10, 2023
As we continue with our countdown to Christmas, we thank Fay Cross, our Multimedia Content Developer for authoring today’s post 🎅✨ Fay provides us with a sneak peek into Xerte, unwrapping new features coming in the New Year🎄🌟 Xerte will be upgraded to v3.12 early in the new year (date to be confirmed). Here’s a …
Moodle Choice for Polling
December 9, 2023
What is Moodle Choice? The choice activity enables an editing teacher to ask a single question and offer a selection of possible responses: effectively to set up a simple Poll. Choice results may be published to students immediately after they have answered, after a certain date, or not at all. Results may be published with …
We Are Learning Technology
December 8, 2023
The Learning Technologies Section supports students and staff with their use of learning technologies, as well as maintaining, developing and upgrading core University teaching and learning systems. We are a team of professionals, working at the crossroads of education, technology and creative media. Our role is to work with you as you create teaching resources, either on …
The Digital Accessibility Journey
December 7, 2023
In the post below, Julian Tenney, Learning Content Team Leader, reflects on the journey of Digital Accessibility at the University of Nottingham over the past year. Digital accessibility has been a major focus for the University this year, and as the festive season rolls in, it’s a good time to reflect on our achievements. We …
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